My Classic Boat. Betty II 25ft Gaff cutter. 1921

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My Classic Boat. Betty II 25ft Gaff cutter. 1921

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7 жыл бұрын

A stunning little 25ft gaff cutter built in Essex in 1921. Now owned by Ben Collins she is sailed out of Keyhaven in Hampshire.
We spent a day with Ben on a round trip from Keyhaven to Yarmouth, Isle of Wight
A fantastic boat with a larger than life skipper. Copyright Bob Aylott myclassicboat.com Music www.andybillups.com. If you like our videos please subscribe are aim is to reach a 1000 before the start of the UK season. Its just a click way and it's free. Thanks

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@kimhorton6109 Жыл бұрын

I find myself revisiting these vids time and again. It’s just comforting to know there are people to whom sailing is so important.

@johngriffiths118 11 ай бұрын

Me too

@briancaldwell283 4 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed this! At 76 my sailing days are over! Nothing like waking up to waves lapping against the hull! I remember one morning looking out the hatch of my Albert 22 early one morning and seeing Orion saying "good morning"! Live life young people. Forget the iPad and get out there !

@dsdave07 4 жыл бұрын

Very wise advice! I didn't, and it's too late . . . . . .

@briancaldwell283 4 жыл бұрын

@@dsdave07 it's never too late, my friend. Keep the anchor of life a weigh as long as possible!

@SVWINDFALL 13 күн бұрын

I will be 50 in a few months amd I am currently bringing back an older boat and loving the fact ther is nothing I don't know on board my boat

@BrownianMotionPicture 7 күн бұрын

@@SVWINDFALLthat's a joy isn't it. No stone left unturned, you know the hows whats and whys. You feel ready to adapt to whatever situation.

@johnryan2193 2 жыл бұрын

Great to see the usual high speed MOTOR dunce flying past with no thought for his wash !

@JohnDannecker 4 жыл бұрын

Quite a proper little yacht. Well preserved for her age. I hope she sails for another 100 years.

@petersmyth6604 Жыл бұрын

What a beautiful boat!..I used to own a traditional wooden yacht with bowsprit and stern bumpkin. Bermudian rigged with stay sail carvel mahogany on Oak frames ..I fully understand your love of such a beautiful yacht. Agree wholeheartedly that timber boats have a unique soul and are so different and more pleasurable to sail than their glassfibre equivalents..simply Chalk and cheese.Thanks for sharing!

@burtvincent1278 4 жыл бұрын

Very enjoyable tour of an old wooden boat, what character. I sail the Great Lakes around Michigan in a 25 foot fiberglass coastal cruiser. Now retired and in my seventies I can't seem to get enough of it.

@kgilliagorilla2761 4 жыл бұрын

Burt Vincent I live 30 miles west of Chicago. Aren’t these videos awesome? I would to visit the Solent and see these gorgeous old wooden boats. Cheers!

@burtvincent1278 4 жыл бұрын

@@kgilliagorilla2761 me too.

@tuskybristler4321 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful boat sir enjoyed the video also What a prick flying past you in his gin pallace some people have no respect he would get a nice fine over here in NZ

@RolandLowhorn 4 жыл бұрын

She's quick she looks so much alive she gives you a lot of love

@josephcunningham5241 4 жыл бұрын

Betty is a gorgeous boat, wow. Ben seems like a nice guy too, someone I'd like to hang with and learn from as a younger sailing enthusiast.

@hughhenderson5229 4 жыл бұрын

Full of grace, moves like dolphin. Thank you.

@rudyhoffman1683 4 жыл бұрын

Cute lil boat

@maxrockwell7613 4 жыл бұрын

Boy's and their toys! Nice

@Molly8014 7 жыл бұрын

Beautiful video and boat. I used to sail a friends FB in Hawaii. The fwd guy snapped out of its swaged fitting and the loose footed mast went over the side. We "bumped" onto a reef near Diamond Head but a powerboat rescued us and pulled us free. Most excitement ever!

@tortugabob 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful lines. Thanks for sharing.

@etma01 7 жыл бұрын

Absolutely stunning boat

@aarfeld 7 жыл бұрын

What a lovely old gal.

@ralphvandereb66 4 жыл бұрын

absolute beauty, splendid little gaffer, love them

@kgilliagorilla2761 6 ай бұрын

What a great guy. You can tell he loves his beautiful boat. Cheers from Chicago!

@SpiritBear12 6 жыл бұрын

She's a pretty little boat. I like the brown sails too, they bring out the stained wood details that much more.

@davidellis2021 7 жыл бұрын

Another lovely video of another lovely boat, thanks!

@TheNachotime 7 жыл бұрын

I've watched almost all of your videos and the shot at 8:55 is perhaps the prettiest of all of them. just good simple pure sailing.

@dje007 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for stating the time! It's so wonderful to sense everything during such a moment of another person's fine life.

@914va 7 жыл бұрын

Jealous as all get out!! What a grand boat she is! Thank you for posting!

@Ajay-lu4je 4 жыл бұрын

Its a ship

@914va 4 жыл бұрын

@@Ajay-lu4je it's a vessel.

@Ajay-lu4je 4 жыл бұрын

@@914va ship

@914va 4 жыл бұрын

@@Ajay-lu4je that's why it's been presented on My Classic Boat. Ooo wait.. it should been presented on My Classic Ship....RIGHT????...

@Ajay-lu4je 4 жыл бұрын

@@914va yes it should

@lightspeed388 7 жыл бұрын

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful little boat!!

@ThyCorylus 4 жыл бұрын

I never really appreciated the boat building heritage of my home stretch on the Essex coast until I found one (Built in Rowhedge) still carrying passengers on lake Wakatipu, New Zealand. Good to see a fine boat, well cared for upon the water.

@hanoitripper1809 4 жыл бұрын

Joel - do they build tradional wooden boats in that area of nz?

@ThyCorylus 4 жыл бұрын

@@hanoitripper1809 I'm not sure in all honesty. I know there are a few boat yards still producing small sailing craft around NZ. But I can't speak of any in the Otago region.

@uncletiggermclaren7592 2 жыл бұрын

@@hanoitripper1809 People MIGHT build a boat in Otago, as a hobby, but there isn't an industry. It doesn't really have many safe harbours, the coastline is really dangerous to sail around, very few safe natural harbours, and some of the roughest seas year round, of anywhere in the world. It is firmly in the Roaring Forties, and the fetch of the seas has pretty much the whole bottom of the world to build up, and it sees some severe weather. Kiwis are pretty famously the worlds best sailor-men as you know, but even we don't treat South Island waters as places to just go for a casual jaunt. So the average Kiwi who was going to build boats, would ( and do ) simply do it somewhere better suited, like all the world beating harbours of the North Island. Consequently all the things you need are up here, and I would think very little in the way of support Industry is available in the South. And of course you run into the problem that all the go-ahead, intelligent, successful and attractive Kiwis come and live in Auckland, so it just would be unappealing to work down South.

@mr.morgan5643 3 жыл бұрын

Very nice Sir! Thank you for sharing!! She's a sweet one!! Hope you get to sail her many many more years!! Blessings, Doug

@prof.m.ottozeeejcdecs9998 7 жыл бұрын

Lovely little cutter. You certainly kept her well, and enjoy her.

@davenisbet3028 4 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful boat and well cared for - you love her and it shows!

@just-dl 5 жыл бұрын

lovely. particularly the low profile, though having standing room in the cabin has a certain appeal to it.... thank you!

@donnakawana 4 жыл бұрын

Wow,seriously beautiful an fast

@resurrectionx5952 6 жыл бұрын

It have truly a spirit & the bamboo mast is amazing for her more then sufficient so let the fools laughing. Wish u lot of health & strenght Sir. Sail safe 🛥️🧔✌️👍

@williammize4352 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@reallyhappenings5597 7 жыл бұрын

Classic, timeless SV.

@ukaszm5959 4 жыл бұрын

Just amazing.

@cumminsscout 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for that bid of dream...

@bobkent21 4 жыл бұрын

This brings peace into the world.

@wadesaleeby2172 4 жыл бұрын

Nice Captain!🤗

@edwinmeijlink109 4 жыл бұрын

What a lovely boat !

@jorehir 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful! From the thumbnail it looked like a 100ft yacht!

@skyjockbill 4 жыл бұрын

Stunning series I've just discovered. So beautiful, and the owners so learned and eloquent.

@19midnightsun87 3 жыл бұрын

Man, that old lady was surprisingly quick!

@cava-ft2vi 5 жыл бұрын

Love the way u love your boat

@wolfwolf1773 5 жыл бұрын

so cute!

@danknox9986 Жыл бұрын

I really enjoy these videos. Thank you for posting.

@bartofilms 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful. Sailboats often have personalities. I crewed on a Rival 41 around this time in '85. Not a wooden build and not gaff rigged, but what a joy she was to be aboard with the sun setting and a quartering wind on the Genoa.

@tallcat55 4 жыл бұрын

Betty 11' star

@Beorninki 7 жыл бұрын

Very nice boat!

@rabwoody264 4 жыл бұрын

Lovely! The boat, the man the video....thank you.

@stringandreed 2 жыл бұрын

Incredibly beautiful boat. Thank you so much for sharing it with us.

4 жыл бұрын

I expect many Oban (Scotland) people will remember 'Snafu' my 25 foot, 4.5 tonne sloop which I used around the West Coast, oh some 50-60 years ago....

@larsfrandsen2501 Жыл бұрын

Love this channel. Boats and owners. All lovely. Thanks.

@moomman89 7 жыл бұрын

Nice old boat.

@jimmyjimjimmyjimjimjimjim4437 5 жыл бұрын

I used to sail a gaff rigged schooner with my brother who owned it. It was converted to a staysail but it still was nothing but block and tackle. That was a LOT of line. I believe it was 50' at waterline but it's been a long time. Wood hull boat and smelled of pine tar - I loved that smell. Once the sails were set it was a pleasure to sail.

@AmeliaHoskins Жыл бұрын

Charming.

@ananda_miaoyin 4 жыл бұрын

A real man of the ocean here! You outta hang a small boatswain´s chair out on the bowsprit and right next to it, a bottle of scots in a gyro....do a little fishin!

@taiming71 Жыл бұрын

Nice old boat a real classic.

@Hoireabard 5 жыл бұрын

It’s interesting to see a real sailor. It’s beautiful.

@Korsaro1 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the beatifull boat and Video

@jayfigg7981 4 жыл бұрын

If I could sail more than one boat at a time, that sure would be a fun one!

@seanicky 7 жыл бұрын

Great video Ben, Betty II is looking good, and your ease and passion for the boat comes across in a lovely way. I hope the engine instalation is going ok! Nick

@harpoondreams8609 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful boat. I'm envious. But 5 people overnighting on that boat? I'd had to be the one that has to go No. 2. ;) Best wishes.

@nssdesigns 7 жыл бұрын

Very nice...

@mjwmercer 7 жыл бұрын

Sweet job there. I see a labor of love.... everywhere you look, perfect.

@caladito 5 жыл бұрын

Congratulations! You are a happy man

@brinjoness3386 7 жыл бұрын

she's a beauty, looks like a cotta boat with a cabin

@eaunan 5 жыл бұрын

excellent video!

@brunojm7282 2 ай бұрын

Lovely

@todloeffelholz5815 7 жыл бұрын

That is a awesome old boat, Im sure you enjoy her alot.

@advar100 7 жыл бұрын

Just beautiful thanks for sharing ,

@TruckerOak 5 жыл бұрын

Beautiful boat! Very envious. ⛵🙂

@LOZBRY 7 жыл бұрын

lovely boat I had something similar only 21 foot loved seeing the gaff rig much more pleasing to the eye,very good keep going mate,

@petronics2454 7 жыл бұрын

Dear Ben, (Skipper, please forgive me if I got that name wrong) - "Mitty II" has her personality embraced in you. In my very, very limited - 150hrs of sailing (as crew, Nav, Skip - not bum-on-seat) I think this beautiful heritage boat and your scope, could teach a lot of youngsters how to really sail; ropes and blocks. Thank you so much for sharing this with the community. This is my favourite video of the month. Cheers from Down Under. P

@marclonte3059 7 жыл бұрын

Lovely vessel, I have got almost a similar ship a 1922 Deben Cherub "Sea Nymph "witch I am restoring at the moment.Fair winds Marc

@markwelch6679 5 жыл бұрын

what a cracking boat, I'm sure she's very fond of her owner too! Regards Mark

@TheMorcinek 6 жыл бұрын

She's a beauty.

@brucebaldy 4 жыл бұрын

wow!

@mufitkahraman5908 5 жыл бұрын

A pure sailing experience.

@snabelone 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful lines!

@harvestmooncharters726 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful boat, love the sails!

@paulkerby4829 2 жыл бұрын

What a beauty

@adrianvalbuena8158 5 жыл бұрын

Nice to see we both have the same wooden storage boxes inside the cabin.... but your boat is far far nicer than mine. Congratulations.

@aselnur 2 жыл бұрын

Sir , ı am writing from Turkey, your sailboat is totally awesome.

@manta1969manta 4 жыл бұрын

She beautiful!

@daveyconcrete9801 7 жыл бұрын

Great video. well done sir.

@user-nx3qd2xe3j 4 жыл бұрын

She is beautiful

@davidfrere4522 7 жыл бұрын

Lovely. I'm inspired. Thank you for sharing.

@klausbernegger1186 7 жыл бұрын

Have one of these old woodies myself and overjoyed when I can See Videos like that with a Great Captain in Charge. Klaus B.

@myclassicboat9083 7 жыл бұрын

Where are you moored?

@woodysadventures2486 7 жыл бұрын

Beautiful!

@outlander-x 4 жыл бұрын

nice little yacht.

@totherepublic358 6 жыл бұрын

She is beautiful. I love sailing vessels (boats in general, really) for their character, and your boat has it in spades. She reminds me of an old Hartley 21' my Dad and I had (except nicer) and I agree that a heavy boat has nicer feel. The amount of fun that boat has in her would be hard to match.

@Ajay-lu4je 4 жыл бұрын

Its a ship

@2bitrasputin793 5 жыл бұрын

Wow. I felt kind I was right there.(the hull shape reminds me a little of my father's Flying Scot). It reminds me when I would sail on Nita Faye z (the old mail delivery vessel for the Florida Keys, for its low draft), a gaft rigged Sharpie owned by the remarkable Key West maritime watercolor artist David Harrison Wright. You can see Nita Faye and many historical ships that called on Key West at David's Website. I think you'll really enjoy looking at his art. I love your Greek Fisherman's cap, Very dapper.

@DStrayCat69 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome baby :-)

@glyntutt1586 7 жыл бұрын

Hello Bob! Ex pompey graduate here and I remember you at the PSC.

@matthiafox 5 жыл бұрын

Adorable boat!

@kennethm.pricejr.8921 5 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed the gaff rig discussion.

@sh4969 5 жыл бұрын

I like your gaff cutter.

@petegillett6308 6 жыл бұрын

Hi I remember Betty 2 in Leigh on sea off the Essex Yacht Club. She was a stunner even in the 60s. I seem to recall the owner being Mr Ralph Mountstevens. PFG